50-plus acre brush fire in Pierson area contained by Volusia County firefighters and crews with the Department of Forestry

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A 50-plus acre brush fire in the Seville-Pierson area was contained Friday night, but firefighters will continue fighting the blaze in the Volusian Forest Trail, just east of U.S. 17 near Lake George.

PIERSON -- Homes were threatened at one point Friday, but firefighters were able to finally get a handle by nightfall on a brush fire that swelled from 15 to 50-plus acres, possibly caused by a lightning strike.

Several homes were threatened by winds heated up from the fire in the Pierson Seville area Friday afternoon. Moderate winds, that were hot and moving fast, threatened at least two homes, but firefighters were able to contain the fire by then. The fire was moving east near Lake George, off of U.S. 17, and in the vicinity of 260 Volusian Forest Trail

Volusia County firefighters and those from the Florida Department of Forestry, assisted by fire crews from nearby Crescent City in Putnam County and Bunnell in Flagler County, spent the entire day working the fire.and will return Saturday.